The7thSamurai
Master of the Universe
- 4 Feb 2005
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Yahoo Japan has videos of the latest news stories along with the script of what was said by the reporter. See 映像ニュース - Yahoo!ニュース
To practice listening I follow these 4 steps -
1) listen to the news story once without looking at the video. I write down every word and particle that I hear. For me, it's pretty important that I listen out for those pesky particles because I always seem to miss them when someone is speaking to me.
2) play the news story again but this time watch the video, and again, jot down any words that I hear
3) play the news story for a third time, but this time read the actual script that comes with it (but only if you can actually read it). I usually find a heap of words in there that I completely missed
4) (optional), run the script through an online translator to see if you actually understood the story properly
Other ideas anyone?
To practice listening I follow these 4 steps -
1) listen to the news story once without looking at the video. I write down every word and particle that I hear. For me, it's pretty important that I listen out for those pesky particles because I always seem to miss them when someone is speaking to me.
2) play the news story again but this time watch the video, and again, jot down any words that I hear
3) play the news story for a third time, but this time read the actual script that comes with it (but only if you can actually read it). I usually find a heap of words in there that I completely missed
4) (optional), run the script through an online translator to see if you actually understood the story properly
Other ideas anyone?
) version of each newscast that I've found an extremely useful tool over the past year or so. And have now graduated to the point where skimming through a mostly verbatim transcript off the main page : 
Maybe because my handwriting is such a disgrace it would almost have 
